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I learned a lot doing the Atkins DANDR plan.
One of the reasons you start with low carb intake in Atkins and slowly raise the carb level (and track it all) is to find out what your threshold is. It is about the total quantity, spacing them out and, for me, where they come from. Through tracking I know I can go up to 45 gr per day and still stay in ketosis, but only if most of the carbs (90%) are coming from unprocessed veggies and not dairy, processed dressings, low carb junk etc. ALso the carbs need to be spread thru the day because 20 gr in one meal can send your sugar up and take you out of ketosis. There is a reason that Atkins structured the ongoing weight loss phase the way he did (thats what I follow) because you learn all this if you do it right and can manage your carb intake in ways that do not thwart your loss efforts.